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CeccoGrullo t1_jdwww5i wrote

>the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho

For reference, it's slightly larger than Massachussetts.

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TheCrapWhy t1_jdwx9xr wrote

And completely surrounded by South Africa, with quite a large gap from border to any other country.

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Javerage t1_jdzle3u wrote

It's sealed away to protect the rest of the world. Ruin has come to Lesotho. You remember our venerable kingdom, opulent and imperial. Gazing proudly from its stoic perch above the moor. I lived all my years in that ancient, rumor-shadowed country. Fattened by decadence and luxury. And yet, I began to tire of conventional extravagance. Singular, unsettling tales suggested the country itself was a gateway to some fabulous and unnamable power. With relic and ritual, I bent every effort towards the excavation and recovery of those long-buried secrets, exhausting what remained of our family fortune on swarthy workmen and sturdy shovels. At last, in the salt-soaked crags beneath the lowest caves we unearthed that damnable portal of antediluvian evil. Our every step unsettled the ancient earth but we were in a realm of death and madness! In the end, I alone fled laughing and wailing through those blackened arcades of antiquity. Until consciousness failed me. You remember our venerable kingdom, opulent and imperial. It is a festering abomination! I beg you, return home, claim your birthright, and deliver our family from the ravenous clutching shadows of the Darkest Africa.

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-Copenhagen t1_jdx4wd2 wrote

> For reference, it’s slightly larger than Massachussetts.

That honestly just helped me understand the size of Massachusetts much better.

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qbande t1_jdyh6cu wrote

and is pronounced like 'Lesootoo'.

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Apprehensive-Tap2766 t1_je02os3 wrote

If it helps, us in South Africa pronounce it the way you spelled it. At this point in time, Lesotho should probably be our 10th province.

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Librosaurus t1_je0dj7w wrote

Yeah but how much of it is arable and/or populated?

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